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Another word for envy

Noun

  1. Resentful or painful desire for another's advantages

    2. See also:

    desire

Another word for envy

Verb

  1. To feel envy towards or for

    2. See also:

    desire

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Synonym Study

  • To covet is to long ardently and wrongfully for something that belongs to another
  • Begrudge implies an unwillingness that someone should possess or enjoy something that is needed or deserved
  • To envy another is to feel ill will, jealousy, or discontent at the person's possession of something that one keenly desires to have or achieve oneself
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Sentence Examples

  • Why should I envy them?

  • Well-worn furniture populated the homey main room, some no doubt the envy of an antique shop.

  • A lady entering the next box shot a glance of feminine envy at Natasha.

  • Dean thanked him, a hint of envy in his voice, and he and Winston continued their trip to the motel.

  • I envy him, but you want to make him what I am, without giving him my means.

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